Console Kick
Ok, I’ve really gotten myself onto a console kick. That is…the windows command prompt console sometimes mistakenly called MS-DOS. I found this sweet new console app that takes the regular windows console and transforms it into a slick multi-tabbed multi-console interface which can be translucent. I find this combined with a simple script I created to make it slide down from the top of the screen on a key-press and then tapping again making it slide back up is infinitely more handy than always going to the Start Menu or running a command prompt from the run menu.
So I’ve been looking for more ways to improve my console time and use. I want it to do everything for me now. I want it to take me to folders I commonly use (which I’ve created a genius batch file which does just that). I want it to launch anything I can imagine with just a few key presses. The problem is, that I would be spending a lot of time scripting all of this by hand unless I can find a sweet Win32 console application launcher.
I want the launcher to work somewhat like the Launchy application for windows. I want it to all be console-based though. I want it to have auto-suggest and auto-complete. I want it to be able to tell me what applications are running and to be able to use a command to switch to the chosen application. I want it to be able to close said application from a command without using a KILL operation.
Am I getting too techy for all of you yet?